Reservoir Engineer/Advisor:
MAIN FUNCTIONS
• Provide guidance to support the Reservoir Leadership Team in achieving desired performance objectives.
• Support / Advise Reservoir Leadership Team to aid in maintaining high technical standards
• Develop plans / programs as required by the Reservoir Management team
• Guide / support reservoir engineers to establish and implement plans that meet reservoir engineering requirements
• Experienced in reservoir simulation and able to perform / guide detailed simulation studies
• Perform / guide simulation and other studies to evaluate various depletion schemes and to investigate technical issues
• Perform all related studies necessary to perform simulation studies including Pressure, Volume, Temperature (PVT), inflow/outflow, relative permeability, Special Core Analysis Laboratory (SCAL) and other evaluations
• Perform depletion plan assessments to support the company in asset acquisition evaluations
• Lead and/or participate in Peer Reviews to insure high technical standards are maintained
• Provide necessary input to drilling, facilities, and other groups as required to support projects
• Willing to mentor less experienced reservoir engineers in performing simulation and other studies
• Document results in a comprehensive and understandable format, both in written and in graphic forms
• Provide timely and focused updates of results/plans to management/partners/others
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Develop project-specific strategies with the Project Team to address identified risks and challenges
• Support risk assessments and studies as defined in the Project Risk Management Plan, and ensure results are addressed as relevant field work is executed
• Support uncertainty analysis studies and value of information assessments for data acquisition plans
• Share safety-related Lessons Learned across project(s) and within the company
• May facilitate Reservoir Team meetings
• May be assigned other services / studies by the Reservoir Leadership Team
• Maintains a high degree of ethical conduct
• Ability to work in environment with changing priorities
• Develop / deliver technical presentations
• Provide regulatory compliance support as required
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
• University degree or equivalent
• Demonstrated work experience in Reservoir Engineering positions in Oil & Gas Industry
• Exceptional knowledge of reservoir engineering fundamentals and technical skills
• Experienced in building, running and evaluating dynamic models to evaluate various technical issues
• Knowledge of how to conduct reservoir simulation studies to address required issue in a timely and efficient manner
• Capability to identify issues and solutions and conduct reservoir evaluations independently
• Willingness to direct and guide the work of less experienced engineers
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Initiative and problem solving capability with flexibility to react to unforeseen conditions
• Ability to work under pressure in an environment which expects the highest levels of customer service, confidentiality and ethical behavior
• Working knowledge of reservoir management practices, processes, and expectations
• Ability and desire to function in an integrated project team environment, develop successful working relationships with emphasis on effective communications in an integrated team environment
• Must be able to effectively communicate / influence multiple levels, from Senior Level Manager to worker
• Willingness to travel / live away from home for extended time periods
• Proficient in use of computers and programs such as Microsoft Office
• Read, write, and speak fluent English, as required to function effectively within a Project Team
• No training will be provided (other than company specific safety standards and procedures)
•Streamlining ComboCurve Repository for Type Curve and Forecast Updates
•Single Well Economics - Monthly Sync for updates in ARIES
•OPCOM IP tool (IP30,60,90,180) - Weekly Prep for OPCOM Meetings
•Building Lost lateral tool
•Building the well by well files pre-spud
•Post-drill reports (CORE Charter deliverable)
•Reservoir surveillance - emerging space, may need support with RTA, monitoring underperforming wells, help prep for WBR
•Reducing current excel/spotfire tools to one to two uniform tools
•Work with domain experts, data scientists, engineers to understand needs, constraints, and limitations
•Create analytical dashboards utilizing Business Intelligence software such as Spotfire, Experience Builder, and/or PowerBI
•Design, develop, and institute automated workflows utilizing various technologies (Python, GIS, SQL, Spotfire, Alteryx, MS Power Platform and more) to minimize human error, standardize data, and apply data management best practices with a focus on data integrity and governance
• Supporting the Dev Analyst Team: Dev Analyst will be imbedded to the development teams. They will need to pull on the analytics team to help streamline data management and data flows. Will need to work with PXD individuals to start bringing over some of their items into XOM.
• Streamlining ComboCurve Repository for Type Curve and Forecast Updates: This requires supporting the Delaware BU by taking the existing process and streamlining it to allow by archive of on going work efforts (Roadmap reviews, DURs, DUR refreshes, IR, Reserves reporting) and capture what our current most up to date type curves. Once workflow is established, needs to be rolled out to REs.
• Single Well Economics - Monthly Sync for updates in ARIES: This requires supporting the Delaware BU in gathering type curves, CAPEX, and timing of development to keep economics updated for our most up to date view. These economics will be refreshed monthly and provided to Rich.
• OPCOM IP tool (IP30,60,90,180) - Weekly Prep for OPCOM Meetings: Workflow is established, but tool needs to be maintained. This individual needs to also have a report from the current tool that highlights the wells that have hit a milestone (IP30, IP60, IP90, & IP180) so that REs that have wells hitting milestones can jump in, screenshot images, and provide general comments on why their wells are performing the way that they are.
• Building Lost lateral tool: Need to QC our current tool and see if we can make it more robust and user friendly
• Building the well by well files pre-spud: Will need to find a way to automate the building of well by well files for pre-spud. Can follow up on more details
• Post-drill reports (CORE Charter deliverable): More details to come, but once a set of wells are done drilling, we need to a tool to pull key metrics determined by the CORE charter to provide to cross functional teams.
• Reservoir surveillance - emerging space, may need support with RTA, monitoring underperforming wells, help prep for WBR: Need to look into tools to help automate WBR process for BU.
• Reducing current excel/spotfire tools to one to two uniform tools: Lots of spotfire/excel tools being used without any standardization. Need to compile list of tools being used and see how we can consolidate and make sure tools are uniform and drive standardization.
• Work with domain experts, data scientists, engineers to understand needs, constraints, and limitations: This is on going and will be tied to different work items that come up either by the BU or Dev analyst team.
• Create analytical dashboards utilizing Business Intelligence software such as Spotfire, Experience Builder, and/or PowerBI: Need to build some additional dashboards for the different work efforts above, so they need to be versed in spotfire and ideally PowerBI.
• Design, develop, and institute automated workflows utilizing various technologies (Python, GIS, SQL, Spotfire, Alteryx, MS Power Platform and more) to minimize human error, standardize data, and apply data management best practices with a focus on data integrity and governance
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